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This series provides best teaching strategies, based on Universal Design for Instruction, for instructors teaching in a mainstreamed classroom with a mix of students who are hearing, deaf, and hard of hearing. The goal of these strategies is to improve teaching practices and provide greater access to learning for all students.

Young woman is seated and looks at camera with her mouth closed. Next to her on a table, are small scientific glass beakers and a mortar and pestle. A standing microscope is behind her. Caption. About levels of hearing loss or a student's ability.
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Episode 1
1 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Woman is seated and looks to the side of camera as she speaks. Her eyes are open with her eyebrows gently arched.  She appears to be explaining something important. Caption. You need to be aware of sightlines.
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Episode 2
54 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man sitting in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He looks slightly to the side with a pursed mouth and shoulders gently raised as he uses sign language. Caption. And they have to accommodate each person individually.
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Episode 3
31 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a woman sitting in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. She is turned and looks to the side with her eyebrows gently arched as she uses sign language. Caption. To help a lecture go well, a teacher can do several things.
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Episode 4
1 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man sitting in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He looks slightly to the side with a closed mouth as he uses sign language. Caption. I feel it's important for a professor to understand.
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Episode 5
41 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He looks to the side with his mouth slightly open as he uses sign language. Caption. The first day of class.
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Episode 6
30 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a woman sitting in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. She is turned and looks to the side of camera with her eyes open, eyebrows gently arched and mouth pursed as she uses sign language. Caption. They've clearly labeled.
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Episode 7
1 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He looks to the side with his mouth slightly open as he uses sign language. Caption. For engineering teachers to have.
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Episode 8
20 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He looks to the side with his mouth slightly open as he uses sign language. Caption. Or figure it out by working back and forth with the interpreter.
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Episode 9
1 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a woman sitting and looking to the side of camera as she speaks. Caption. To allow for the lag time that occurs for an interpreter.
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Episode 10
45 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a seated woman who is looking to the side of camera. Her eyebrows are arched and her mouth is open as she uses sign language. Caption. Other things like that are very important for deaf students.
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Episode 11
34 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Closeup of a woman seated in a room with a microscope and a table with beakers and a mortar and pestle behind her. She looks and is slightly turned from the camera with her mouth slightly open. Caption. But again, it's communication, asking them.
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Episode 12
58 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Seated woman looks to the side of camera, smiling. Caption. I had some Deaf students in some of my courses.
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Episode 13
1 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Man sits as he is turned and looks to the side of camera. He uses one hand to gesture and appears to be in an office setting. Caption. What you have to make sure is that you're not going too fast.
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Episode 14
1 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He looks to the side with his mouth slightly open as he uses sign language. Caption. But this professor knows how to work well with Deaf students.
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Episode 15
47 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a woman turned sideways to camera on a studio set with a beige backdrop. She uses sign language as she looks to the side with her mouth forming an O-shape. Caption. To complete the lab seamlessly.
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Episode 16
30 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man turned and looking to the side of camera as he uses sign language. Caption. So it can help me understand.
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Episode 17
26 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a woman turned and looking to the side of camera. She is in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. Her mouth is open as she uses sign language. Caption. And that will allow the student to introduce the interpreter.
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Episode 18
30 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of woman in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. Her chin is turned down as she looks downward and uses sign language. Caption. That way, students could easily follow the steps.
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Episode 19
56 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He looks to the side with his mouth slightly open as he uses sign language. Caption. But this professor knows how to work well with Deaf students.
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Episode 20
47 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a woman turned away from camera as she looks downward and uses sign language. She sits in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. Caption. So students can follow the lecture points.
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Episode 21
35 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He is turned and looks to the side of camera with his mouth slightly open as he uses sign language. Caption. When it's close to 5 minutes or 10 minutes of a test.
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Episode 22
34 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a woman sitting and looking towards camera as she uses sign language. She is on a studio set with a beige backdrop behind her. Caption. Pointing to the slide allows the student to see.
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Episode 23
37 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Woman looks to the side of camera as she speaks in a living room-like setting. Caption. That only 1 person is talking at a time.
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Episode 24
1 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Seated woman looks to the side of camera, speaking as she gestures with both hands. Caption. The signing happening all over the classroom.
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Episode 25
1 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Seated woman in a classroom setting. She looks to the side of camera with eyebrows gently arched and mouth open. She gestures with both hands. Caption. And turns to face the class and explain what they wrote.
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Episode 26
51 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Seated man in a classroom setting. He looks to the side of camera with an expression of concentration as he gestures with both hands. Caption. I would suggest that new teachers draw everything out.
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Episode 27
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Seated man looks to the side of camera with his eyes squinting and his mouth closed as he uses sign language. Caption. Deaf students are diverse.
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Episode 28
50 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He is turned and looks to the side of camera with his mouth pursed as he uses sign language with both palms facing his chest, 1 on top of the other. Caption. To break down this process.
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Episode 29
29 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He is turned and looks to the side of camera with his mouth open as he uses sign language. Caption. When to change topic.
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Episode 30
20 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He is turned and looks to the side of camera with his mouth open as he uses sign language with both hands fisted upwards. Caption. It's more challenging.
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Episode 31
35 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. His mouth is open, his eyebrows are raised, and his forehead is furrowed as he uses sign language. Caption. To get my attention.
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Episode 32
26 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Medium view of a man standing in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. He is turned and looks to the side of camera with his mouth closed as he uses sign language. Caption. To work with group projects.
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Episode 33
53 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT